Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-10-26
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When President Tylor visited Boston
on the nth Of june. l6k3, . large dol.
egatiOn Of sons Of New England, 90.
cofted BY the New York Light Guard,
came on. The Albany Burgess Corps
va also present with full ranks. The
military escort VA tho First Regiment
OF Massachusetts, Volunteers, then
commanded By Col George Tyler
Bigelow, and the CITY 0rays. Capt.
Newell A. Thompson, was detailed ~
especial escort Of the invited guests
from the State House to the dinner in
Fsneuil Hall.
Three days afterwards, Hugh s. lie.
care, who succeeded Mr.. Webster a.
Secretary OF State, died in Boston at
the residence OF his friend George
Ticknor, and wa buried at Mount Al.
burn. He was perhaps one OF the best
scholars Of the age, and certainly one
Of the very best in our country. The
wonderful extent and accuracy of his
reading, the strength of his memory,
his great natural capacity and talents.
had enabled him to smass q store OF
learning and knowledge very seldom
the acquisition Of one man.
John Barney, who was a son Of Com.
modore Barney, represented the Balti.
more District OF Maryland in the nine.
teenth Congress, IS25-29, and from
that time until his death ON the 18th
Of January, 1857. he wal n of the
patriarchs Of Washington society, mer-
iting his sobriquet "Beau Barney He
must have been over seventy wears OF
age when he died, and to the last was
what he had been for more than half q
century, the glass of fashion, il not the
mold Of form. He never affected the
society of gentlemen, and whether rid
ing in his carriage, -or walking or sit
ting, he was sure to he basking in the
radiance Of "fair woman's smiles" He
was uncommonly ugly in his appear
ance; he was very round-shouldered,
probably the stoop of age; his head
was but partially covered with dyed
hair; his teeth wers false, and every
vestige Of nature about him that was
visible was in a state of repair; but his
dress wal elaborate and dashing to tho
last degree. He was never seen out of
doors without Q coat or cloak OF the
latest style, his hands in the finest
white kids, from one of which dsngled
the slender zane of On exquisite. His
cravat and vest were always of the most
conspicuous ~colors, and when he was
fully made up, with q hat brushed to a
gloss on his head or in his hand. and
he stepped forth from his dressing.
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might readily have been taken by any
one who did not see his face or hear
his cracked voice for a young man Of
twenty, instead of q septuagenarian.
He was invited everywhere. of course.
for he was q man OF considerable re-.
inament, wss very eD,pressei in his man.
ner TO ladies', had nm inexhaustible fund
Of agreeable small talk, danced in eyery
set and all night. il his speciaI friends
would keep him company: had known
every fashionable star. male or female
that had been in the ascendant for
Fifty years; had been in habits of so.
cial intercourse with the most promi.
nent public men to be found in Wash.
ington society for the same periol. and
BY making it his constant study. knew
better than most men how to please
ladies of all ages. and especially the
young. The pleasure which he found
in this kind Of life, and the prudence
which he exercised in the indulgence
of it, undoubtedly contributed to his
length of days, and to that unusual
elasticity of spirits which made him
one of the marvels Of our time.
With the advance of years Barney
became irritable, especially in his in
tercourse with men, which compelled
him to one or two bioodless appeals to
the code Of honor. One OF these af-
fairs occurred with Sartiges, the
French Minister, shortly after that
functionary arrived in this country. Il
was one OF Sartiges' fayorite amuse.
ments OF n Sunday morning to shoot
rats from the window OF his rooms az
the hotel at which he was STAYING in
Washington, to the extreme ANNOYANCE
OF Mr.. Barney, who was STAYING It the
same house. The latter oontleman's
circumstances did not produce the de-
sired effect upon the sporting propensi-
ties of the French Minister, who felt
that he could better afford to quarrel
WITH Barney tnan 70 cease qnarreiing
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